The Andhra Pradesh government has transferred 19 IAS officers, as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle, late on Friday.Apart from new collector postings in Krishna, Srikakulam, and Anantapur districts, the rejig saw several sub-collectors .
Read more about Andhra Pradesh coronavirus update: Covid-19 cases cross 1.7 million-mark on Business Standard. The cumulative coronavirus positives in Andhra Pradesh crossed the 1.7 million mark to 1,704,388 after 11,303 fresh cases were added in 24 hours ending 9 am on Tuesday
ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 21:25 IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) April 26 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh reported 9,881 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the total count of cases in the state to 10,43,441.
The state has reported 9,881 COVID-19 cases from 74,041 samples tested in last 24 hours.
State health bulletin released on Monday evening said that 4,431 people recovered from the disease and 51 patients sucummed to the virus in the last 24 hours.
The state has 95,131 active cases and has seen 9,40,574 recoveries. The death toll in the state has gone up to 7,736.
Six deaths each were reported in Chittoor and Nellore districts and five deaths from Kurnool and Vizianagaram districts. Anantapur, East Godavari and West Godavari districts saw four deaths each while three deaths were reported each in Guntur, Kadapa, Krishna, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam districts and two deaths in Prakasam district. (ANI)
Positivity rate climbs to 23.65%; recovery rate drops to 93.73%
Andhra Pradesh reported a staggering death toll of 35 due to COVID and 8,987 infections in the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning. It was the highest daily toll since October 15 and the highest single-day tally since September 13.
Much worrisome was the daily positivity rate of 23.65% which is the all-time highest during the pandemic.
The cumulative tally increased to 9,76,987 and the toll reached 7,472.
As 3,116 patients recovered in the past day the active case tally crossed fifty thousand and reached 53,889 for the first time in six months.
The recovery rate dropped to 93.73% while the number of recoveries reached 9,15,626 with 3,116 recoveries in the past day.